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White Whale Records is probably best known as the record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 of The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. White Whale was started in 1965 by Ted Feigin and Lee Lassiff in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. The label also released some very early singles by Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon

Warren William Zevon was an American rock music singer-songwriter and musician noted for weaving his offbeat, sardonic view of life into his music, composing dark, sometimes humorous songs often laced with political or historical themes....
 (as part of the duo Lyme & Cybele), who was also employed as a staff songwriter for the label. They also released the only album by The Clique
The Clique (Texas band)

The Clique are a late 1960s United States sunshine pop band from Houston, Texas, Texas.The group was centered around record producer/songwriter Gary Zekley, who often employed session musicians....
 plus an album by Liz Damon's Orient Express
Liz Damon's Orient Express

Liz Damon's Orient Express was a 1970s band from Hawaii, featuring lead singer Liz Damon, two female backing vocalist and a rotating backup band....
.

When White Whale signed the Turtles, they were known as "The Crossfires"; a surf music
Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly Orange County, California and other areas of Southern California....
 band looking to change their style, as surf music was fading.






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White Whale Records is probably best known as the record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 of The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. White Whale was started in 1965 by Ted Feigin and Lee Lassiff in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. The label also released some very early singles by Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon

Warren William Zevon was an American rock music singer-songwriter and musician noted for weaving his offbeat, sardonic view of life into his music, composing dark, sometimes humorous songs often laced with political or historical themes....
 (as part of the duo Lyme & Cybele), who was also employed as a staff songwriter for the label. They also released the only album by The Clique
The Clique (Texas band)

The Clique are a late 1960s United States sunshine pop band from Houston, Texas, Texas.The group was centered around record producer/songwriter Gary Zekley, who often employed session musicians....
 plus an album by Liz Damon's Orient Express
Liz Damon's Orient Express

Liz Damon's Orient Express was a 1970s band from Hawaii, featuring lead singer Liz Damon, two female backing vocalist and a rotating backup band....
.

When White Whale signed the Turtles, they were known as "The Crossfires"; a surf music
Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly Orange County, California and other areas of Southern California....
 band looking to change their style, as surf music was fading. The label encouraged a name change to "The Tyrtles", in the manner of The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
 and The Byrds
The Byrds

The Byrds were an American Rock music band. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964, The Byrds underwent several lineup changes, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group's disbandment in 1973....
. The band accepted the new name, but not the variant spelling. Relations between the label and the band were not always smooth, with White Whale pressuring the band for "more hits", then for singers Howard Kaylan
Howard Kaylan

Howard Kaylan is an United States rock and roll musician, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s band , The Turtles, and "Eddie" of 1970's rock band Flo & Eddie....
 and Mark Volman
Mark Volman

Mark Volman is an United States rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech" ....
 to fire the rest of the group, and work instead with hired musicians, to save costs. Kaylan wrote the song "Elenore" as a humorous take on "Happy Together" (the only #1 hit for both the group and the White Whale label), which ironically became a hit itself. He and Volman also democratized the group, insisting everyone share in the writing and vocal duties, despite what the label wanted.

When the Turtles disbanded, White Whale lost their big moneymaker, and the label went out of business in the early 1970s. White Whale's assets were sold at auction, including the Turtles's master recording
Master recording

A master recording is an original recording, from which copies may be made.When recording on to magnetic or digital tape, the original tape is known as the master tape....
s – whose winners were Kaylan and Volman, making them the owners of their own works.

Three compilations of singles from the label have been released on CD: "Happy Together: The Very Best of White Whale Records," and two volumes of the "Phantom Jukebox" series on Rev-Ola records .

In 1966 brother and sister act Nino Tempo and April Stevens recorded All Strung Out (on you) for the label, bringing Tempo's talents as Phil Spector's right hand man for so many years to the recording, it mid charted, but is still a powerful, but unheralded teen age symphony.

See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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